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Program
March, 7th 2008
Venue: Austrian Ministery of Economics and Labour
Stubenring 1, 1010 Vienna
Gobelinsaal (1st Floor)
Time: 8.30 a.m.-2.30 p.m.
8:30-8:45 Registration
8:45-9:00 Welcome (Fritz Breuss, Project Leader FIW,WIFO) and Introduction (Yvonne Wolfmayr, FIW,WIFO)
Session I
9:00-9:35 Peter Egger (University of Munich, CES-IFO), Harald Badinger (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration): "Horizontal versus Vertical Interdependence in Multinational Activity"
9:35-10:10 Heinz Hollenstein (KOF-ETHZ): "Foreign R&D Strategies of Swiss Firms: Characteristics and Policy Implications."
10:10-10:25 Coffee Break
Session II
10:25-11:00 Harald Oberhofer, Michael Pfaffermayr (University of Innsbruck): "Firm Growth in Multinational Corporate Groups."
11:00-11:35 Wilfried Altzinger (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration): "On the Profitability of Austrian Foreign Direct Investment-Reinvestment or Repatriation?"
11:35-11:50 Coffee Break
Session III
11:50-12:25 Christian Bellak, Markus Leibrecht (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration) and Robert Stehrer (wiiw): "Policies to Attract Foreign Direct Investment: An Industry Level Approach."
12:25-13:00 Martin Falk (WIFO): "Effects of Foreign Ownership on Innovation and Productivity."
13:00-13:30 Buffet
Policy Panel 13:30-14:30
"Inward and Outward Foreign Direct Investments: What are the issues and what can policy do to meet the challenges?"
Moderation: Fritz Breuss
Ralf Kronberger (WKO)
Gaspar Frontini (EU Commission, DG Trade)
Matilde Madrid (Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, Spain)
Monika Bednarik-Belan (AWSG - Austria Wirtschaftsservice)
The Workshop was held in English.
Participation at the Workshop was free of charge.
